All the fields

The database has 721 records and the following fields. Field names as shown in the search interface are given in bold.

Fields about the publication itself

  • Year: Year of first publication and indexing. From 1998 to 2021 (some later papers will also have a later year of first paper publication not used in the search interface.)
  • ref: The paper reference in abbreviated form, mainly useful only if paper has neither a DOI nor URL.
  • DOI: DOI for the paper where available.
  • URL: URL for the paper where available.
  • PaperLanguage: Language of the paper, values “English” or “Spanish”.
  • OpenAccess: Whether paper is open access or not, values “Y” or “N”.
  • Objectives: Single value from:
    • Assess psychometric properties and/or validation
    • Assess single case efficacy
    • Descriptive
    • Experimental study to assess efficacy (not RCT)
    • Feasibility
    • Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Study
    • Pedagogical aims
    • Quasiexperiment to assess effectiveness
    • RCT to assess effectiveness of different interventions
    • RCT to assess efficacy of different interventions
    • Review
    • Service evaluation
    • Study to assess effectiveness
    • Theoretical aims
    • To assess efficacy of interventions
    • To explore psychometric properties
       
  • Empirical: Values: “Non-empirical”, “Empirical” and “Empirical but did not use CORE”.
  • DataAvailable: Whether data are available or not, values “Y” or “N”.
  • ResearchOrService: Whether paper is research or service oriented, values “Research” or “Service”!

Fields about the work described in the publication

  • TherOrGeneral: Was the work focused on interventions or not. Values: “Treatment” or “General population”.

Fields about the CORE instruments used

  • NumberCoreForms: Number of different CORE forms used. Values from:
    • “NA” (if not empirical paper)
    • “None” (if refers to CORE but doesn’t use a CORE form)
    • “One”
    • “More than one”
    • “Several”
       
  • WhichMeasures: Semicolon separated list of the instruments used coded as:
    • CORE-A(EoT)
    • CORE-A(TAF)
    • CORE-GP
    • CORE-5
    • CORE-10
    • CORE-SF/A
    • CORE-SF/B
    • CORE-OM
    • CORE-OM (with CORE-6D scoring)
    • LD-CORE
    • LD-CORE-30
    • YP-CORE
       
  • Measures as binary variables: and have values: “Y”, “N”.
    • usedCORE_OM: Used CORE-OM (with or without 6D scoring).
    • usedCORE_6D: Used 6D scoring of the CORE-OM.
    • usedCORE_10: Used CORE-10.
    • usedCORE_5: Used CORE-5.
    • usedCORE_SFA: Used CORE-SF/A.
    • usedCORE_SFB: Used CORE-SF/B.
    • usedLD_CORE: Used either length LD-CORE.
    • usedLD_CORE30: Used LD-CORE-30 (30 items!).
    • usedCORE_A: Used any CORE-A context recording form.
    • usedCORE_A_TAF: Used CORE-A TAF (Therapy Assessment) form.
    • usedCORE_A_EoT: Used CORE-A EoT (End of Therapy) form.
    • usedGP_CORE: Used GP-CORE (general population) form.
    • usedYP_CORE: Used YP-CORE (young person) form.
       
  • FormatOfMeasure: Semicolon separated list of formats presented to respondents, values from:
    • As an interview/Interview-assisted
    • Electronic/automated instruments
    • Paper and pencil
    • Unknown
       
  • LanguageCOREclear: Whether or not the language of the measure was clear, values: “Y”, “N”.
  • LanguageOfCORE: Comma separated list of languages in which the CORE instruments were offered. (Long set of options.)
  • AssessmentStructure: The structure of use of CORE instruments. Only applies to intervention studies. Values from:
    • Fixed intervals (e.g., once a month, once every two weeks)
    • Multiple completions for other than therapy purposes
    • Not fixed/very variable number of times
    • Only once
    • Only post(outcomes)
    • Pre-post
    • Pre-post and follow-up
    • Session-by-session
    • Unknown
    • NA
       
  • EmbeddedInTherapy: Whether the CORE measure was embedded into the intervention delivery, i.e. “Embedded Change Management” often called “Feedback Informed Therapy” (but surely only bibliotherapy or non-interactive computer delivered therapy is ever not feedback informed?). Values: “Y”, “N”.
  • AdministeredBy: Semicolon separated list including values from:
    • Administrative Staff
    • Commercial survey company
    • Community Health Worker
    • Counsellor
    • Experienced interviewers from the Centre for Health and Social Care Research
    • Nurse
    • Occupational therapist
    • Primary mental health worker
    • Professor
    • Psychiatrist
    • Psychologist
    • Psychotherapist
    • Research assistant
    • Researcher
    • School teacher
    • Self-administered
    • Social Worker
    • Trainee
    • Unknown
       
  • HowScored: How was the CORE measure scored? Semicolon separated list with values from:
    • By domain (without Total score)
    • By domain (with Total score)
    • Item by item
    • Total score
       
  • Whether other measures were also used and which if so
  • AndOtherMeasure: Whether another measure or assessment was used. Values: “Y”, “N”.
  • OtherMeasureNames: Semicolon separated list of names (and abbreviations where used) for other measures. Huge list!
  • FormatOfMeasure: Semiocolon separated list of formats from:
    • Paper and pencil
    • Unknown
    • Electronic/automated instruments
    • As an interview/Interview-assisted
  • Those were used to create these separate binary variables:
    • formatPaper: Values “Y” and “N”.
    • formatInterview: Values “Y” and “N”.
    • formatElectronic: Values “Y” and “N”.
    • formatNotAllSpecified: Values “Y” and “N”.

Setting and participants

  • SingleCountry: Binary variable, values “One country” or “More than one country”.
  • Countries: Semicolon separated list of countries (or single country!). Many!
  • ServiceType: Semicolon separated list of the following:
    • Ayahuasca retreat
    • Community Psychology
    • Counseling service
    • Educational context
    • Forensic context
    • General population
    • Homeless veteran therapeutic housing program
    • Inpatient
    • Internet based
    • Maternity hospital
    • Meditation center
    • Military context
    • Non-clinical
    • Occupational setting
    • Outpatient
    • Partial Hospitalization/Day Hospital
    • Primary Care
    • Prison setting
    • Self-help
    • Specialized Services (e.g. psychologist or psychiatrist)
    • Unknown
    • Voluntary participation
       
  • AgeGroups: Semicolon separated list from:
    • Children
    • Adolescents
    • Any adults Where a publication reported recruiting adults without tighter specification, from these next age groups.
    • Emerging/Young adults
    • Middle Adults
    • Elderly
       
  • Those were used to create these binary variables.
    • AgeGrpChildren: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • AgeGrpAdolescents: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • AgeGrpAnyAdult: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • AgeGrpYoungAdults: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • AgeGrpMiddleAdults: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • AgeGrpOlderAdults: Values “Y” or “N”.
       
  • GenderCategories: Semicolon separated list, none, one or more of the following values.
    • Women
    • Men
    • Non-binary
    • Transgender
    • Other
    • Unknown
    • Unspecified
       
  • Those were used to create these binary variables.
    • GenderOnlyMen: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • GenderOnlyWomen: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • GenderInclMen: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • GenderInclWomen: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • GenderInclTrans: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • GenderInclNonBinary: Values “Y” or “N”.
    • GenderInclOther: Values “Y” or “N”.